PKP1 and cerebral malaria: These include, β-catenin, a molecule shown to be involved in cadherin-based adhesion and implicated in cerebral malaria (27, 29, 30); the symmetrical sisters (SYS)-1 protein, functionally similar to β-catenin (32); and Plakophilin 1, also functionally similar to β-catenin Figure 1B).