NK T cell activation
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0051132
The change in morphology and behavior of a mature or immature natural killer T cell resulting from exposure to a mitogen, cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or an antigen for which it is specific. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9133426 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12154375 ]
Synonyms: natural killer T cell activation, NK T-cell activation, NT cell activation, NKT cell activation, natural T cell activation, NK T lymphocyte activation, NK T-lymphocyte activation
Term info
Note that NK T cells are a distinct lineage of T cells expressing natural killer cell markers and having T cell receptors characterized by the usage of a restricted repetoire of variable region gene segments.
biological_process
GO:0051132