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