Term Name: lymphocyte activation
Synonyms:
Definition: A change in morphology and behavior of a lymphocyte resulting from exposure to a specific antigen, mitogen, cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or soluble factor.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0046649]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: establishment of lymphocyte polarity immunological synapse formation
is a type of: leukocyte activation
has subtype: B cell activation lymphocyte activation involved in immune response lymphocyte differentiation lymphocyte proliferation natural killer cell activation T cell activation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of lymphocyte activation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of lymphocyte activation
regulated by: regulation of lymphocyte activation