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Ovarian stimulation can disrupt endometrial receptivity, potentially through altered gene expression and downstream protein profiles. However, the impact on the endometrial proteome remains underexplored. Identifying biomarkers of endometrial receptivity may provide an opportunity to develop targeted interventions aimed at improving implantation outcomes. This prospective, case-crossover, open-label study was conducted at the Department of Human Reproduction, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia, from September 2023 to June 2024. The study included 15 women aged &lt;43 years with primary infertility and poor ovarian response. Endometrial samples were collected using a pipelle biopsy during the window of implantation in spontaneous and stimulated cycles and analyzed using protein microarrays targeting 1,466 proteins. Differential protein abundance was assessed using a multi-factorial linear model, including patient-specific effects as an additional factor to account for the paired case-crossover design. Effect sizes are reported as log2-fold changes with corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Differential abundance was defined a priori as |log2FC|\u2009&gt;\u20090.5 with FDR-adjusted p-value\u2009&lt;\u20090.05. Comparison of endometrial samples from spontaneous and stimulated cycles revealed 114 antibodies with differential abundance. Key proteins were associated with immune response (IL-8, proteins S100-A8 and S100-A9, CAMP) and extracellular matrix remodeling (MMP-9). Exploratory KEGG pathway mapping suggested involvement of immune and inflammatory pathways, including cytokine\u2013cytokine receptor interaction and IL-17 signaling. Cluster analysis demonstrated distinct proteomic patterns, with all stimulated-cycle samples showing alterations and a subset of stimulated-cycle samples (40%) exhibiting more pronounced changes. The findings indicate that ovarian stimulation is associated with measurable alterations in the endometrial proteomic profile during the window of implantation. These changes may be relevant to biological pathways involved in endometrial receptivity and implantation. Further studies in larger cohorts are needed to validate the identified candidate markers and determine their clinical relevance for implantation outcomes. 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