mast cell activation involved in immune response

id: GO:0002279
name: mast cell activation involved in immune response
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0043303mast cell degranulation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0002275myeloid cell activation involved in immune response
GO:0045576mast cell activation