Planteome: Term Details for "macrophage activation" (GO:0042116)

Accession: GO:0042116
Name: macrophage activation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: macrophage polarization
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A change in morphology and behavior of a macrophage resulting from exposure to a cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or soluble factor. Source: GOC:mgi_curators, PMID:14506301, ISBN:0781735149
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042116 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to macrophage activation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to macrophage activation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for macrophage activation.
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subject	relation	object
macrophage activation	is_a	myeloid leukocyte activation (GO:0002274)

subject	relation	object
regulation of macrophage activation (GO:0043030)	RO:0002211	macrophage activation
macrophage activation involved in immune response (GO:0002281)	is_a	macrophage activation
microglial cell activation (GO:0001774)	is_a	macrophage activation
negative regulation of macrophage activation (GO:0043031)	RO:0002212	macrophage activation
positive regulation of macrophage activation (GO:0043032)	RO:0002213	macrophage activation

macrophage activation