Autoimmune diseases are characterized by an immune response against the organism own healthy tissues and organs. The prevalence of autoimmune diseases is increasing globally, with between 3 to 6% of the global population suffering from them. Current treatments are mainly focused on broad immunosuppressive regimens that cause non-specific immunosuppression, resulting in most of the cases in harmful secondary effects.

Several clinical studies have related the development of this type of pathologies with a deficit in several essential nutrients with immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the use of essential nutrients has not been stablished in the clinics. This has been related to the need of using high doses of those nutrients to promote an immunoregulatory effect, usually causing off-target effects related with toxicity.

In this sense, there is an unmet need for new preventive and therapeutic strategies focused on restore the immune function without harmful immunosuppression.

The SDN Technology™ can enhance the targeted delivery of natural compounds to the immune cells. Thanks to it, essential nutrients with immunomodulatory capacity can be delivered to the targeted population, diminishing the effective dose and avoiding potential secondary effect of those agents.

A key advantage to Smart Vitamins’ approach is that the versatility of the SDN Technology™ allows to develop different approaches to enhance the preventive and therapeutic effect of essential nutrients. First, the specific interaction with immune cells promoted by the SDN Technology focus the immunoregulatory effect in the target cell population in autoimmune diseases. Moreover, the SDN Technology can favor the transport of the essential nutrients through different biological barriers, such as the skin, allowing their administration through more efficient routes.

The SDN Technology™ empower the natural function of essential nutrients to control the immune system, helping to achieve a beneficial effect in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. This leads to a specific resolution of inflammation without secondary effects and maintaining the capacity of the immune system to fight pathogens.