This invention provides a method for screening peptides that specifically target T cells, comprising providing T cells having a subset selected from CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD7, CD8, CD16, CD25, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD30, CD38, CD39, CD40L, CD44, CD45, CD62L, CD69, CD73, CD80, CD83, CD86, CD95, CD103, CD119, CD126, CD150, CD152 (CTLA-4), CD153, CD154 (CD40L) The T cells are labeled with at least one of the following surface
antigen markers: CD161, CD183, CD223, CD254, CD275, CD45RA, CXCR3, CXCR5, FasL, IL18R1, CTLA-4, OX40, GITR,
LAG3, ICOS, PD-1, leu-12, TCR, TLR1, TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR6, NKG2D, CCR, CCR1, CCR2, CCR4, CCR6, and CCR7. The T cells are then contacted with
a peptide display
library, and target peptides that specifically bind to the T cells are screened therefrom.