EYS Is a Protein Associated with the Ciliary Axoneme in Rods and Cones
PMID: 27846257
Gene: EYS
HGNC: 21555
Disease: Retinitis pigmentosa 25
MONDO: MONDO:0011272
InheritancePattern: autosomal recessive
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 caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous EYS variants is estimated to be 12% in the French population (PMID: 20333770), implying in an overall prevalence between 1 in 25,000 and 1 in 33,000.
Penetrance: The disease appears to be completely penetrant among published families.