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These TLSs lacked CD21+CD23+ B cells compared with more mature TLSs near the PDAC border. PanINs harbored mostly CD4+ T cells, with fewer Tregs and exhausted T cells than PDAC. Peritumoral space was enriched with naive CD4+ and central memory T cells. 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