RACK1 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Compared with smokers, 18 hub genes were identified in COPD patients, including GFM1, HSPBP1, MRPL15, RPL36, GNB2L1, RPL13, UBA52, CARS, EEF1G, RPL23A, RPS16, HSP90AA1, RPL32, RPS9, RPL13A, EIF5A, ETF1, and PSMA7 (Fig. 1B).