# basophil activation

> The change in morphology and behavior of a basophil resulting from exposure to a cytokine, chemokine, soluble factor, or to (at least in mammals) an antigen which the basophil has specifically bound via IgE bound to Fc-epsilonRI receptors.

**Wikidata**: [Q4867824](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4867824)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basophil_activation)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/basophil-activation


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. UMLS 2023
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)