Table of Contents

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.