Landscape of pathogenic variants in six pre-mRNA processing factor genes for retinitis pigmentosa based on large in-house data sets and database comparisons
PMID: 35138024
Gene: PRPF4
HGNC: 17349
Disease: retinitis pigmentosa 70
MONDO: 0014400
InheritancePattern: autosomal dominant
Prevalence: The overall prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa is between 1 in 3,000 and 1 in 4,000 individuals, while the proportion of retinitis pigmentosa with a dominant mode of inheritance is estimated to be 15-35% (between 1 in 8,500 and 1 in 27,000). The proportion of that incidence made up by the specific form caused by variants in PRPF4 is not clear.
Penetrance: Known disease-causing alleles appear to be incompletely penetrant (PMID: 25383878).