A 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, leading to the initiation or perpetuation of an immune response.
eosinophil activation involved in immune response +
lymphocyte activation involved in immune response +
macrophage activation involved in immune response +
mast cell activation involved in immune response +
monocyte activation involved in immune response
myeloid cell activation involved in immune response +
myeloid dendritic cell activation involved in immune response +
neutrophil activation involved in immune response +
plasmacytoid dendritic cell activation involved in immune response +