An Fc-epsilon receptor signaling pathway that results in 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.
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Fc epsilon RI-dependent mast cell activation; Fc epsilon RI-mediated mast cell activation; positive regulation of mast cell activation by Fc-epsilon receptor signalling pathway