STING expression was significantly positively related to that of inhibitory immune genes, including c10orf54 and TGFB1, and negatively related to stimulatory immune genes such as CD40 and HMGB1. In addition, STING expression was positively related to that of stimulatory immune genes such as ITGB2 and PRF1 in most hematological tumors. Here, HMGB1 is linked to hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm.