In tuberculosis, the cytokine playing major role in the conversion of tissue macrophages in to epithelloid cells -: (A) Interferon gamma, (B) Tumor necrosis factor, (C) Interleukin 12, (D) Macrophage chemoattractant protein
Answer is A. IFNg is an impoant activator of macrophages Reff : Ananthanarayan & Panikers textbook of microbiology 9th edition pg: 155.