The most important function of epithelioid cells in tuberculosis is:
Ans. (b) Secretory(Ref: Immunology, 8th edition, by David Male; pg 427)Epithelioid cells are transformed macrophages that have lost their phagocytic function but retained their secretory activity.Epithelioid cells contain numerous endoplasmic reticulum & golgi bodies.They secrete IL10, TNF alpha, TGF beta;
Phagocytosis
Secretory
Antigenic
Healing
Respiration