Senescent cells in HIV-1 infection are characterized by expression of biomarkers like latency-associate peptide (LAP) and glycoprotein A repetitions predominant (GARP) (preliminary data from our group DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.15.422949), the inactive form of TGF- β in the cell surface. This evidence concerns the gene TGFB1 and HIV-1 infection.