Rs2870723 is also located close to MC3R (Figure 6b), a gene that encodes a melanocortin receptor, whose mutations have been previously associated with obesity.20–23 However, we did not identify any association between subject weight and C. albicans intestinal colonization in the Milieu Intérieur subjects. This evidence concerns the gene MC3R and obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency.