Kupffer cells in liver are responsible for: September 2007: (A) Lytic functions, (B) Excretory functions, (C) Absorptive functions, (D) Phagocytic functions
Answer is D. Ans. D: Phagocytic functions Kupffer cells/Browicz-Kupffer cells are specialized macrophages located in the liver lining the walls of the sinusoids that form pa of the reticuloendothelial system.