HMGB1 and urinary bladder carcinoma: To further investigate whether TUG1 knockdown enhanced radiosensitivity of bladder cancer cells via inhibiting HMGB1, SW780 and BIU87 cells transfected with si-TUG1 or combination of si-TUG1 and pcDNA-HMGB1 were treated with 2 Gy radiation.