OCLN and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency: An increased paracellular passage may be allowed by a degradation of the intercellular tight junction proteins network (e.g., occludin, claudin-1) [36], as already reported in inflammatory bowel diseases [37,38], irritable bowel syndrome [39,40], obesity [41] and malnutrition states [42] including the ABA model [31], and several intestinal diseases [43].