Desmin and Other Intermediate Filaments in Normal and Diseased Muscle -- Intermediate Filaments in Astrocytes in Health and Disease -- Neuronal Intermediate Filaments and Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Neurofilaments -- Keratin Intermediate Filaments and Diseases of the Skin -- The Keratin K6 Minifamily of Genes -- Transcriptional Regulation of Keratin Gene Expression -- Simple Epithelial Keratins -- Keratins as Targets in and Modulators of Liver Diseases -- The Search for Specific Keratin Functions. Intermediate Filaments focuses on desmin and other intermediate filaments in disease and health. This new volume will serve as a resource for graduate students and researchers in the field.