Interestingly, FAM120AOS was suggested to be able to regulate the expression of ITGB1 (CD29) (Tao et al., 2006), whereas ITGB1 has already been reported to be correlated with HIV-1 infection (Diagbouga et al., 2001; Martin-Jaular et al., 2021). Here, ITGB1 is linked to HIV-1 infection.