Relatedly, and of interest, Neves and colleagues, using experiments on iron overload in European bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), have discussed the functional partnership between hepcidin and ferroportin from an evolutionary perspective and suggested that this may “open new possibilities for the pharmaceutical use of selected fish [...] hepcidins during infections, with no impact on iron homeostasis” [90, 91]. Here, SLC40A1 is linked to infection.