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Although environmental risk factors such as alcohol and gallstones are well recognized, only a subset of exposed individuals develop AP, suggesting that intrinsic factors, including genetic susceptibility, influence disease onset and progression. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has emerged as a key mechanism in AP pathogenesis, because ER is essential for protein synthesis, folding, degradation and secretion (proteostasis). Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF), an ER stress-inducible protein highly expressed in the pancreas, plays a critical role in maintaining proteostasis, yet its involvement in AP remains unclear. To investigate the functional role of MANF in AP, we generated pancreas-specific MANF knockout (MANF-KO) mice using the Cre\/loxP system and subjected them to moderate experimental AP, that is caerulein- or alcohol-induced AP in mice. In the caerulein model, MANF deficiency exacerbated pancreatic injury in both sexes, as indicated by increased apoptosis (cleaved caspase-3, caspase-12), ER stress markers (eIF2\u03b1, p-eIF2\u03b1, GRP78), inflammation (IL-6, TNF\u03b1), regenerative activity (Ki67), and pancreatic lipase levels. Notably, male MANF-KO mice exhibited enhanced inflammation (HMGB1), macrophage infiltration (CD68), and oxidative stress (DNP, HNE), which were not observed in females. In the alcoholic AP model, both male and female MANF-KO mice showed increased ER stress (p-IRE1, p-eIF2\u03b1, GRP78), apoptosis, inflammation, macrophage infiltration, regeneration, and lipase levels, whereas elevated HMGB1 expression and oxidative stress again predominantly occurred in male MANF-KO mice. 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