GADD45B and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Relevance of the presence of a conserved VDR motif in the promoter region of GADD45B and its differential expression in SARS-CoV-2-infected lung cells (as shown in this study) lies in a recent finding presenting the differential expression of GADD45B as well as other genes belonging to mitochondrial functions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)68.