Objective To investigate the effect of silencing TNFAIP2 (Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induced Protein 2) expression on the invasion and proliferation ability of glioma cells. Methods Lipofectamine 2000 mediated siRNA transfecting U87 and U251 cells was used to silence the expression of TNFAIP2; and the effect of silencing TNFAIP2 expression on the migration, invasion and proliferation of U87 and U251 cells were detected by cell scratch and Transwell assay; the effect of silencing TNFAIP2 expression on proliferation of U87 and U251 glioma cells were measured by CCK-8 cell proliferation assay. Results U87 and U251 cells transfected by Lipofectamine 2000 mediated si-TNFAIP2 could significantly down-regulate the expression of TNFAIP2; Silencing TNFAIP2 expression significantly reduced the ability of migration and invasion of glioma cells U87 and U251; silencing the expression of TNFAIP2 could significantly inhibit the invasion and proliferation of U87 and U251 cells. Conclusions Silencing TNFAIP2 expression by SiRNA can effectively inhibit the invasion and proliferation of glioma cells.