**About the Editors**

#### **Teruo Miyazaki**

Teruo Miyazaki is an associate professor of the Joint Research Center at Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center in Japan. His main research interests are in the organ–organ interaction of metabolism of taurine, amino acids, and energy production among the skeletal muscle, liver, intestine, and brain in exercise and metabolic diseases. He currently serves as an editorial board member of the nutrition and metabolism section in the journal of *Metabolites* in MDPI and a board member of the Japan Taurine Society.

#### **Takashi Ito**

Takashi Ito is a professor of Fukui Prefectural University, where he teaches bioscience regarding animals and human health and he researches the beneficial effects of food chemicals. He has an expertise in the physiological role of taurine in peripheral tissues, including the heart, muscle, and liver. He has investigated the influence of taurine deficiency in mouse model, such as taurine transporter knockout mouse. In some research articles, his group illustrated that taurine transporter knockout mice display cardiomyopathy, skeletal muscle atrophy, exercise intolerance, premature aging, and other physiological disorders. His current research interest includes the pharmacological effects of taurine and its derivatives. They recently reported the effect of taurine and N-chlorotaurine against lipopolysaccharide-induced lung inflammation in mice; a part of these investigations has been published in this Special Issue, "N-Chlorotaurine Reduces the Lung and Systemic Inflammation in LPS-Induced Pneumonia in High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice ". He currently serves as a board member of the Japan Taurine Society.

#### **Alessia Baseggio Conrado**

Alessia Baseggio Conrado is a clinical project manager of the Children's Clinical Research Facility's at St Mary's Hospital within the Imperial College London. Her main research interests are in oxidative stress, sulfur compound, and their protective role, phototoxicity induced by drugs and chemical compounds, investigation on the allergic reactions and the mechanisms of food-triggered anaphylaxis.

#### **Shigeru Murakami**

Shigeru Murakami is a professor of Fukui Prefectural University. He specializes in the functional evaluation of food ingredients and pharmaceuticals, particularly targeting their actions in metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. In his taurine research, he mainly uses cultured cells and laboratory animals to elucidate the physiological and pharmacological actions of taurine. He has revealed the role of taurine in preventing metabolic diseases and maintaining skin function, as well as the mechanism of action of taurine. He currently serves as president of the Japan Taurine Society and as a board member of the International Taurine Society.
