IL37 and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency: IL-37 was originally described as a basic inhibitor of innate immunity with reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in plasma (Nold et al., 2010) and particularly in peripheral organs and in diseases such as endotoxemia, spinal cord injury, colitis, myocardial ischemia, obesity, and metabolic syndrome (Nold et al., 2010; Cavalli and Dinarello, 2018; Ballak et al., 2014; Coll-Miró et al., 2016; McNamee et al., 2011; Yousif et al., 2011; Nold-Petry et al., 2015).