Recently, it was reported that HMGB2 is overexpressed and promotes chemoresistance in glioblastoma and HCC.38, 39 In the present study, we found that the expression of HMGB2 was significantly higher in MDR GC cells than in the parental cells and that knockdown of HMGB2 significantly reversed MDR in GC. The gene discussed is HMGB2; the disease is glioblastoma.