Term Information

Accession
GO:0002279
Name
mast cell activation involved in immune response
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
mast cell activation during immune response
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The change in morphology and behavior of a mast cell resulting from exposure to a cytokine, chemokine, soluble factor, or to (at least in mammals) an antigen which the mast cell has specifically bound via IgE bound to Fc-epsilonRI receptors, leading to the initiation or perpetuation of an immune response. Source: ISBN:0781735149, GOC:add
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0002279 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of mast cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0002279)
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mast cell activation involved in immune response [is_a relation] is_a  myeloid cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0002275)
mast cell activation involved in immune response [is_a relation] is_a  mast cell activation (GO:0045576)
mast cell activation involved in immune response [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  immune response (GO:0006955)
Children of mast cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0002279)
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mast cell degranulation (GO:0043303) [is_a relation] is_a  mast cell activation involved in immune response
positive regulation of mast cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0033008) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  mast cell activation involved in immune response
regulation of mast cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0033006) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  mast cell activation involved in immune response
negative regulation of mast cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0033007) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  mast cell activation involved in immune response
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