**Author details**

Ken Shirato1 \*, Keisuke Kasuga<sup>2</sup> , Shogo Sato3 and Haruyuki Ishii<sup>2</sup>

1 Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine, Mitaka, Japan

2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine, Mitaka, Japan

3 Center for Biological Clocks Research, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: shirato@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp

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*Physiological Role of Alveolar Macrophage in Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.110509*
